Knight and Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Composer John Powell, no stranger to espionage and secret agents, has way more fun with director James Mangold’s Knight and Day than he did on films like Green Zone, United 93, and the the Bourne trilogy. Opening with a James Bond-kissed accordion motif reminiscent of Astor Piazzolla's work on 1995’s Twelve Monkeys, Powell hurtles through the rest of the score like a kid in an Aston Martin, deftly mixing humor and mischief with traditional Hollywood action cues, stopping only for the briefest of Elfman-esque reveries. Like the film itself, the Knight and Day soundtrack keeps its tongue firmly planted in its cheek.